Nozzle for oil or other bottles.



Patented Dec. 25, T900.

No. 664,46I.

L M CABANA ,NUZZLE FOB UIL 0R OTHER BOTTLES.

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LEON M. CABANA, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

NOZZLE FOR OIL OR OTHER BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,461, dated December25, 1900.

Application led May 31, 1899. Serial No."718,911. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may 'oon/cern.- j

Be it known that I, LEON'M. CABANA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Nozzles for Oil or otherBottles, of which the following is a specification. i j

This invention relates to a nozzle for bottles and similar receptaclescontaining a liquid which it is desirable to discharge in smallquantities or drops, such as lubricating-oil, perfumes, medicines, andliquid poisons.

The object of my inventionis the construction of a simple and efficientnozzle of this kind which can be readily applied to a bottlc-forinstance, an ordinary oil-bottle-so that the bottle itself serves as anoil-can and which allows but a smallquantity of liquid to iiow from thebottle at a time, preventing waste and soiling of the hands.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of anordinary oil-bot.- tle provided with my improved nozzle. Fig. 2 is asimilar `view of the upper portion of the bottle, showing the cap of thenozzle removed and the feed-rod pressed inwardly by contact with anobject to be oiled. Fig.v 3 is a horizontal section in line 3 3, Fig. l.Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the upper portion of a Y nozzle.

. Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A is an oil-bottle of any ordinary form.

B is the body of the nozzle, which consists of a tube provided near itsupper end with a flange or rim b, which bears against the upper end ofthe neck of the bottle.

b' is a plug or stopper, of cork or other impervious material, appliedto the portion of the tube B below its flange b and fitting tightly intothe mouth of the bottle.

c is a feed rod or wire which is arranged to slide in the discharge tubeor nozzle B and which is preferably pointed or tapered at its outer end.This rod does not fit the bore of the tube so snugly as to prevent thedischarge of the liquid from the bottle or the entrance ofair into thesame, but is somewhat smaller in diameter than said bore, so that asmall annular space is left between the rod and the tube, through whichthe oil or other liquid is allowed to escape only in drops or smallquantities at a time. The feed-rod is provided at its inner end withahead or enlargement c', forming a stop which limits'the outwardmovement'of the rod and prevents the same from falling out of thenozzle. If desired, the head or stop c' may also be utilized as a valvefor reliably preventing the discharge of the liquid when the bottle isnot in use, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. For this purpose apacking-washer d, of rubber or other suitable material, is preferablyapplied to the upper side Vof. the head c', and a spring e is applied tothe projecting'upper portion of the feed-rod between the upper end ofthe tube B and lugs or projections f, formed on the feed-rod near itsupper end. The spring c is made of such a length that it tendsconstantly to move the feed-rod to its outermost position, in which itsvalve-head bears against the inner end of the nozzle-tube and closes thesame. The lugs or projections f, in conjunction with the spring c, actas a stop which limits the inward movement of the feed-rod in the nozzleand prevents the same from falling into the bottle. The lugsfare cheaplyformed after applying the spring to the feed-rod by flattening theadjacent portion of the rod on diametrically opposite sides thereof,causing the metal to spread and project beyond the surface of the rod,as shown.

g is an ordinary screw-cap, which incluses the projecting upper portionof the'feed-rod and the spring c and engages with anexternally-screw-threaded stem g', formed at the upper end of the nozzleB. i

In lubricating a part withmyimproved oiler `after removing thescrew-capp the bottle is tilted or inverted, and the pointed outer endof the feed-rod is pressed or tapped against the part to be oiled, so asto cause the rod to slide inwardly against the pressure of the spring eand open the valve c', as shown in Fig. 2. The oil escapes through thenarrow space between the feed-rod and the surrounding tube and ows alongthe rod to the outer end thereof, thus supplying the oil in drops to thepart in contact with the feed-rod. When the ilow ceases, the feedrod isallowed to slide outwardly by gravity or under the reaction of thecompressed spring c and again pressed against the part to be oiled, andso on until ssv IOO

the part is sufcientlylubricated. The springl e also acts as aspiralflangeor thread, which further retards the ow of the oil towardthe" outer end of the feed-rod. By arranging this spring on the outerside of the nozzle and utilizing the upper end of the nozzle as theinner abutment of the spring a simpler and less ex- 'pensiveconstruction is obtained than by ar- `falling into the bottle.

ranging such a springinside of the receptacle, which arrangementrequires a separate abutment for the spring below the nozzle.

As a modification of my invention the spring e maybe omitted, as shownin Fig. 4:, in which case the head c at the inner end of the feedrodserves onlyas a stop to prevent the rod from dropping outof the nozzle."In this modified arrangement the lugs f of the feed-rod act as outerstops, which prevent the rod from It will thus be obktle or otherreceptacle requires no separate air-vent, the air entering the bottlebetween the no`zzle-tube and the loose feed-rod, as hereinbeforedescribed,-thereby reducing the cost of the deviceand avoiding leakage,which is liable to take place when the body of the receptacle-isprovided with a vent.

I claim as my invention- In `a droppingnozzle for ventlessliquid-receptacles, the combination with the nozzle having adischarge-passage of uniform diameter from end to end, cfa slidingfeed-rod of correspondingly uniform diameter tted snugly in said passageand projecting past the outer end of said nozzle and provided at itsvinner end With a head or enlargement and outside of thenozzle Withintegral attened portions forming laterally-projecting lugs which limitthe inward movementv of the feed-rod in the nozzle, substantially assetforth.

4 Witness my hand this 27th day of May, 1899.

t LEON M. CABANA.

Witnesses: y

' CARL F. GEYER, JNO'. J. BONNER.

